Romulus Zachariah LINNEY

(1841-1910)

LINNEY, Romulus Zachariah,
a Representative from North Carolina; born in Rutherford County,
N.C., December 26, 1841; attended the common schools, York’s
Collegiate Institute, and Doctor Millen’s School in
Taylorsville, N.C.; during the Civil War served in the Confederate
Army until the Battle of Chancellorsville, when he was severely
wounded; returned to Taylorsville and joined a class in Doctor
Millen’s School; engaged in agricultural pursuits; studied
law; was admitted to the bar by the supreme court in 1868 and
commenced practice in Taylorsville; elected to the State senate in
1870, 1873, and 1882; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth,
Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3,
1901); died in Taylorsville, Alexander County, N.C., April 15,
1910; interment in Taylorsville Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present